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#2CA8A0

#2ca8a0 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#2ca8a0 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 65.88% green and 62.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.81% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.76% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 176.13°, with 58.49% saturation and 41.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.92.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3108

Complementary

  1. #2ca8a0
  2. #a82c34

Split complementary

  1. #2ca8a0
  2. #a82c72
  3. #a8622c

Analogous

  1. #2ca862
  2. #2ca8a0
  3. #2c72a8

Triadic

  1. #2ca8a0
  2. #a02ca8
  3. #a8a02c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca8a0
  2. #2c34a8
  3. #a82c34
  4. #a8a02c

Square

  1. #2ca8a0
  2. #622ca8
  3. #a82c34
  4. #72a82c

Monochromatic

  1. #0c2f2d
  2. #1c6b66
  3. #2ca8a0
  4. #4fd1c9
  5. #8ce1db

Shades

#2ca8a0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca8a0
  2. #289790
  3. #238680
  4. #1f7670
  5. #1a6560
  6. #165450
  7. #124340
  8. #0d3230
  9. #092220
  10. #041110
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca8a0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca8a0
  2. #41b1aa
  3. #56b9b3
  4. #6bc2bd
  5. #80cbc6
  6. #96d4d0
  7. #abdcd9
  8. #c0e5e3
  9. #d5eeec
  10. #eaf6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca8a0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca8a0
  2. #34a49d
  3. #3da09a
  4. #459c96
  5. #4e9893
  6. #569490
  7. #5e908d
  8. #678c8a
  9. #6f8886
  10. #788483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9e9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9fa0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d92a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aca5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a3a0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #729ba1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aba3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca8a0 {
  color: #2ca8a0;
}
Background
.bg-2ca8a0 {
  background-color: #2ca8a0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca8a0 {
  border: 2px solid #2ca8a0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca8a0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 168 160;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 58% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca8a0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca8a0, #2c72a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca8a0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 168 160 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.92 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.82 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 4.34 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.31 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.63 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.37 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 9.98 #d3575f Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#2ca8a0  rgb(44, 168, 160)  hsl(176, 58%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a82c34  rgb(168, 44, 52)  hsl(356, 58%, 42%)  Brown
#a02ca8  rgb(160, 44, 168)  hsl(296, 58%, 42%)  Purpureus
#a8a02c  rgb(168, 160, 44)  hsl(56, 58%, 42%)  Brass